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By: Laura Bratenahl Alderdice

A Joy We Spent

Pages: 30 Ratings: 5.0
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What would you do if you were invited to sail over the horizon on a beautiful day with the most cheerful group of kids imaginable? What would you do if you could make magical things happen and see sights few children have ever seen? What if you could do all this in one day? Would you go? I did, and it changed my life forever. This book is an invitation to anyone who would like to join the adventure.

Laura Bratenahl Alderdice was born in Berkeley, California, in 1949 and lived there until age 10 when her family moved to rural Massachusetts. Thus began a life of change, including moves to Europe and other cities. It was also the beginning of Laura’s curiosity about what’s over the next horizon. One constant in her life was summers spent in the beautiful community of Inverness in Northern California. She attended UC Berkeley in the late ’60s, a time fraught with social and political change. She graduated in music with a degree in flute and composition, interests that have followed her to this day. In 1971, she moved to Mexico and began writing. She lived with Mexican friends with two young daughters who taught her Spanish and how to be silly. Her passions are music, swimming, sailing, nature, physics, and her beloved family.
Customer Reviews
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6 reviews
6 reviews
  • Judith Moore

    Read a friend's copy and loved it so much I had to have my own for my great nephew

  • Mary Bates Abbott

    Take a magical journey through the day, with joy.  Laura B. Alderdice's story will delight young children with fresh language they will understand.  The tale also asks us to mimic the actions depicted, therein discovering the joy to be had in living fully each day, until a sweet nap lets us relive it all!

  • Alvin Hershin, author, civil rights and anti-poverty lawyer

    Laura Alderdice has put together a delightful book that captures the joy of sailing, discovery and the celebration of diversity.

  • Al Hirshen, author, civil rights and anti-poverty lawyer

    Laura Alderdice has put together a delightful children's book that captures the joy of sailing, discovery and the celebration of diversity.

  • Mary

    Take a magical journey through the day, with joy. Laura B. Alderdice's story will delight young children with fresh language they will understand. The tale also asks us to mimic the actions depicted, therein discovering the joy to be had in living fully each day, until a sweet nap lets us relive it all!

  • Anonymous

    A lyrical, playful, poetic account of an imaginary childhood voyage.

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